Indiana is home to more Japanese investment overall than any other state, and it gets more money from Japan than from any other country.

Pfc. Thomas Davis, of Roachdale, Indiana, was killed on the island of Okinawa in 1945. His dog tag was discovered on the Pacific island of Saipan in 2014.

Pence announced Wednesday he will leave Indiana on Sept. 11, making stops in Tokyo, Kyoto and Nagoya before returning on Sept. 18. He plans to attend the Japan-U.S. Midwest Conference, meet with business executives and government leaders and host an economic development reception.

It is hoped that the new supercomputer, expected to go online by 2025, would be the first "exascale" machine — some 20 times faster than today's fastest machine, called Tianhe-2 (Milky Way-2).